...NUT2040: Introduction to Nutrition Diet Analysis Project 1: MyPyramid Analysis and Macronutrient Analysis (100 points) Introduction to Overall Diet Analysis Project The Diet Analysis Project is divided into 3 projects due throughout the semester. The entire project is worth 200 points – Project 1 is worth 100 points, Project 2 is worth 35 points, and Project 3 is worth 65 points. The goal of the Diet Analysis Project is for you to understand your typical dietary habits in order to learn how you can improve your eating habits to benefit your health. To do this you will keep a 3-day food record and then analyze your diet by entering the data into an online software program called MyDietAnalysis. You will use the same 3-day food record and reports from MyDietAnalysis for all diet projects due throughout this course. Note: You will NOT be graded on your dietary habits; you will be solely graded on your performance for ANALYZING your diet. Introduction to Diet Analysis Project 1 Diet Analysis Project 1 is worth a total of 100 points. Following are instructions to complete the first section of the project. Using MyDietAnalysis When you purchased your text you should have received a card with your book that includes an access code to allow entry to an online program called MyDietAnalysis. If you purchased a used book with no access code, simply go to www.MyDietAnalysis.com[->0] where you can purchase access directly at the website. This is a required element of the...
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...Kimintang Sidibeh BI 213 Three Day Diet Analysis According to the food pyramid, my diet is horrible considering what I have consumed in these 3 days. It shows that I need to start eating more, and better quality foods. My sugar intake is too high and should be reconsidered. Possibly I could swap out processed sugars for natural sugars; such as in fruit. It is obvious from the records I have provided that I do not take in as much (if any) fruit that one should be consuming on a daily basis. Thus, not only am I depriving myself of vitamins, I am also depriving myself of the fiber needed in order for my digestive system and metabolism to work as necessary. I will have to incorporate more whole grains with fruit and vegetables to act as roughage, as going to the bathroom proves difficult for me- most likely this is why. I was astonished by how many carbohydrates I take in too. Eating a lot of carbs can add to the blockage/ movement in the bowels so I need to consider decreasing the TYPE of carbohydrates that I eat, cutting out white and processed breads and grains, replacing them for whole grains and wheat products. The only milk I intake is with my coffee and tea. Although I have four hot beverages a day with around 2 tablespoons of dairy, I am aware that this is no-where near the recommended 2 cups a day. On a good note however, I do not drink many sugary drinks at all- if any. Coffee, tea and water are my staple liquids therefore the sugar that I eat equals out...
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...Comparison of folate intakes in a population of college students using a Food Frequency Questionnaire and Dietary Folate Equivalent Screener Abstract Although food frequency questionnaires are very strong tools in dietary assessment, more efficient methods need to be created to assess specific nutrient intakes such as folate. The dietary folate equivalent screener created by Nutrition Quest is a very efficient method used to assess daily folate intake. The objective of this study is to test whether or not a dietary folate equivalent screener can be used in supplementary of the food frequency questionnaire. The correlation between the food frequency questionnaire and the dietary folate equivalent screener for total folate intake (r = .70) were correlated but statistically insignificant (p < 0.05). However analysis of previous studies suggests that food frequency questionnaire can be supplemented by the dietary folate equivalent screener. Introduction There are many different dietary assessment tools in determining nutrient intakes. The food frequency questionnaire is a dietary assessment tool frequently used in large-scale nutritional epidemiology studies and has been a cost-effective, yet suitable method for self-administered use for dietary assessments (2) (3). However, the food frequency questionnaire is very extensive and usually takes around forty-five minutes to an hour to complete. When only assessing specific micronutrients, such as daily folate intake, more efficient...
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...Analysis of Dietary Intake After completing the computerized nutrient analysis of your 7-day food and beverage intake, answer the following questions. 1. Do you feel the three days of the food record are typical of your usual intake? Why or why not? No, using the my fitness pal app made me very cautious of what I ate. I liked it because it made me recognize and distinguish good food choices. 2. How many eating occasions did you average each day? Do you feel you normally eat at designated meal times or would you consider yourself one who snacks frequently? Explain. I am a three to four meal a day type guy. I stuck to the plan eating only 3 meals a day, with a couple of snacks in between. 3. Were there times when you were responding to psychological/social needs for food rather than biological needs? Explain. No 4. Please indicate if your calorie needs from your personal profile are based on the data you inputted or have been adjusted for weight loss, weight gain or for pregnant/lactating mothers. I put in that I wanted to maintain my weight, by doing this I was allowed 2,620 calories before exercising. Individual Dietary Analysis Carbohydrates 1. What was the average number of grams of carbohydrates you ate? 383 2. What is your recommended intake for carbohydrates in grams? 373 3. LIST your carbohydrate rich foods (10 grams or more) from each day in your food record. Which contributes most to your CHO intake, starch or sugar? Baked potato...
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...“Rate Your Plate” HWE 100 Human Nutrition - PERSONAL DIET EVALUATION PROJECT The purpose of this project is to put theory into practice by examining your food intake and making decisions about your eating habits. To begin the project, keep a record of your food and beverage intake for three typical days. Write down what you eat and drink and the quantity of each food or drink consumed. Keep another record of one day of your activities (24 hour period). Write down your activities and the time spent on each throughout your day. Include time sleeping or sitting quietly – all activities, including sedentary ones, burn calories. Use the website: choosemyplate.gov and the “Super Tracker” feature to analyze your diet and physical activity. Create a profile for yourself and enter your foods and beverages (item and quantity consumed) for analysis. Substitute a food of similar nutrient content if you can’t find a match within the database. Or, enter ingredients separately for mixed food items. For example, a taco might have: a corn shell, beef, lettuce, cheese, tomatoes etc. See the last page of this document for more detailed instructions for setting up your profile within Super Tracker. Enter your 24 hours of activity into the “Activity Tracker” portion of the program. Refer to the Rate Your Plate Grading Guidelines Rubric for specific grading information for this project – attached at the end of this document. The time required to complete the diet...
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...individuals are increasingly being recognised as a significant factor in maintaining, or effecting improvements, in overall health. It is therefore important that people working in the health and social care sectors, or those who are responsible for the wellbeing of others, have a good understanding of nutrition and diet. This unit gives learners an understanding of nutrition from a science-based perspective and of the role that food plays in social contexts. The unit may also provide useful underpinning knowledge for the study of food hygiene and practical culinary skills. Learners will explore concepts of nutrition using the language of nutritional science. Different aspects of nutritional health will be defined and routine ways of measuring this explored. Other aspects of nutritional data will involve describing the general principles on which nutritional requirements are determined in the UK and how information on the nutrient content of foods can be retrieved. Learners will also explore how the nutritional value of foods may be affected by food processing. The function and sources of the main nutrients will be investigated in relation to the contribution they make to the healthy...
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...Food Intake Three-Day SCI/220 December 19, 2011 Laura Hatton Food Intake Three-Day Food intake consumed in one day is useful to record to note dietary habits, good, and bad, which are present. A record of three-day food consumption looks overwhelming in comparison. Evaluating three meals per day and snacks ingested is helpful to evaluate the effort made to eat healthier. The main portion of Proteins during the recorded three days comes from beef, yogurt, milk, beef jerky, peanut butter, and sea scallops. Carbohydrates come from oatmeal, sweet potatoes, yogurt, applesauce, pretzels, and grapes. Eleven percent of the carbohydrates come from oatmeal and grapes. The total lipid intake comes from peanut butter, blue cheese salad dressing, beef, and milk. According to the iProfile Daily Recommended Intake (DRI) (Wiley Plus, 2010), lipid intake should be within 53-93 g, and the personal intake is 31g. This is below the recommended requirement. Carbohydrate is extremely below the recommended DRI. 268-387g is the daily goal, and the intake is well below the recommendation at 85g. Protein intake is also below the DRI with a recommendation of 60-208g, the intake for three days is 50g. This is a concerning finding for the average person who is within the weight and height range. However, with this profile, for the height and current weight of the participant, oddly enough, the protein intake based on body weight is within limits. This would be appropriate to allow a weight loss...
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...lives alone in her childhood home. Her height is 4’10 inches (148 cm) and her current weight is 191 lb. (86.864 kg). She has a weight loss of 18 lb. over the last three weeks due to difficulty in breathing. She is experiencing difficulty in consuming large meals. She does not shop or cook for herself because she tires easily due to her condition. Debra did a 24 hour food recall and upon reviewing this information it revealed that she uses many processed and frozen foods. Her estimated caloric intake is approximately 1400 to 1600 kilocalories a day. Debra does not exercise because it tires her out to fast. Nutrition Assessment: 1. Food and Nutrient Intake a) Food / Nutrition Related History i) Energy Intake - Total Energy Intake: 1400 – 1600 kcal/day 2. Food and Beverage Intake a) Food Intake i) Amount of food: unable to consume larger food portions at one time ii) Types of meals consumed: processed, prepackaged and frozen meals because they are convenient for her to use 3. Micronutrient Intake a) Mineral/ Element Intake Sodium intake: excessive i) Sodium intake: excessive intake 4. Behavior a) Social Network i.) Debra does not like to eat alone. Encouragement is needed for her to find a social network and utilize it. 5. Physical Activity and Function a) Nutrition – related ADLs and IADLs i.) Physically not capable of completing required tasks involved in meal preparation: Very limited due to Debra’s inability to shop...
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...Food Intake—5 Days Krista Zahn SCI/220 January 29, 2013 Richard Kantner Food Intake—5 Day Over the last five days I have been using the iProfile to track my food and nutrient intake, as well as become educated on certain daily intakes, nutrients, and diseases. This iProfile tracks and correlates my food journal and activity journal, by then configuring the results into many reports. I then used these reports for the findings in the following paper, Food Intake—5 Day. The foods in my recorded daily intake that provide protein are: whole wheat toast, burgers, roast beef sandwiches, sausage, quesadillas, chicken wrap, and my daily supplements. The foods that provide carbohydrates are: roast beef sandwiches, French fries, tomatoes, quesadillas, chicken wrap, and soda. The foods that provide lipids are: roast beef sandwiches, sausage, burgers, fish tacos, onion rings, and eggs. After reviewing my recorded protein, carbohydrate, and lipid intake compares with the recommendations of the dietary reference intake (DRI), my results are as follows: Calories recommended: 2430, calories intake is 1255. My recommended in Fat Total is 20 - 35%, my intake is 686 kCal. My recommended in Carbohydrates 45 - 65%, my intake is 370 kCal. My recommended protein is 10 - 35%; my actual intake is 221 kCal. I am over acceptable macronutrient distribution range in my fat totals, under acceptable macronutrient distribution range in carbohydrates, and within acceptable macronutrient...
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...On the food guide pyramid shows that my milk intake was 0%, meat and beans intake 48.8%, vegetables intake 1%, fruits intake 0%, and gains intake 0%. For day 2 milk intake 0%, meat and beans intake 48%, vegetables intake 1%, fruits intake 0%, and grains intake 0%. For day 3, milk intake 0%, meat and beans intake 48.8%, vegetables intake 0%, fruits intake 0%, and grains intake 0%. I know I need to work harder to develop and maintain a new diet and the food intake recommended to me. For the serving of milk intakes for day 1-3 was 0 cups, meat and beans intakes for day 1-3, 40oz, vegetables intakes for day 1-3, 3%, fruits intakes for day 1-3, 0%, and grains intakes for days 1-3, 0%. My recommendation to myself was eat more orange vegetables, whole-wheat grains, fruits, and drink some milk, or eat more cheese, along with decreasing my consumption of red meat, and lower my sodium or salt intake, and sodium is too high. My nutritional recommendations shows that I need to decrease my calories from 3938cal to 2597cals, by reducing my consumption of proteins from 183gms to 56gms, and carbohydrates are high I need to reduce this by at least 236gms. My total fiber is close to the recommendations, and reduced by 10gms, the total fat is high also and should be reduced by 116.3gms, the saturated fat intake is high and I will reduce this intake by 25gms. Monounsaturated fat is fine along with polyunsaturated fats, but my linoleic (omega 6) needs lowering by more than 50%, alpha linolenic...
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...Dietary Intake and Risk Factors for Poor Diet Quality Among Children in Nova Scotia Paul J. Veugelers, PhD1 Angela L. Fitzgerald, MSc, PDt2 Elizabeth Johnston, PhD, PDt, FDC3 ABSTRACT Objective: Public health policies promote healthy nutrition but evaluations of children’s adherence to dietary recommendations and studies of risk factors of poor nutrition are scarce, despite the importance of diet for the temporal increase in the prevalence of childhood obesity. Here we examine dietary intake and risk factors for poor diet quality among children in Nova Scotia to provide direction for health policies and prevention initiatives. Methods: In 2003, we surveyed 5,200 grade five students from 282 public schools in Nova Scotia, as well as their parents. We assessed students’ dietary intake (Harvard’s Youth Adolescent Food Frequency Questionnaire) and compared this with Canadian food group and nutrient recommendations. We summarized diet quality using the Diet Quality Index International, and used multilevel regression methods to evaluate potential child, parental and school risk factors for poor diet quality. Results: In Nova Scotia, 42.3% of children did not meet recommendations for milk products nor did they meet recommendations for the food groups ‘Vegetables and fruit’ (49.9%), ‘Grain products’ (54.4%) and ‘Meat and alternatives’ (73.7%). Children adequately met nutrient requirements with the exception of calcium and fibre, of which intakes were low, and dietary fat and sodium...
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...PART 1 NUTRITION AND ATHLETE HEALTH The sport of athletics includes a wide range of events whose requirements range from speed to endurance, from a light physique to explosive power, and from multiple events lasting less than a minute to a single race lasting more than 2–3 hours. Despite the extreme contrast in these characteristics, all athletes share some common nutrition goals (see Table 6-1). This chapter will briefly explore these goals. Table 6-1. The athlete’s nutrition goals. Characteristic Everyday eating or training diet The athlete’s nutrition-related goals • Achieve and maintain a physique that is suited to the event • Eat to stay healthy and injury-free • Train hard and promote optimal adaptations and recovery from the training programme • Practice competition eating in training to fine tune strategies • Prepare adequate fuel stores for the event • Eat and drink well on competition day to prepare for an event and to recover between multiple events • During prolonged events (> 1 hour), replace fluid and carbohydrate to enhance performance • Achieve competition strategies when traveling • Make use of specialised sports foods to meet nutritional goals when it is impractical to eat everyday foods • Make wise decisions about the use of nutritional ergogenic aids based on cost: benefit analysis Competition eating Sports foods and dietary supplements A. The Training Diet 1. Achieving Energy Needs Energy needs vary according to body size, the energy cost of training...
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...This worksheet is to be typewritten, saved as a pdf., and uploaded to Canvas under the “Assignment 2: personal diet analysis” assignment. In addition to this worksheet, you are to upload the following to Canvas as part of your assignment: the exact same "Food Groups & Calories Report" that you turned in for Assignment 1, uploaded as a pdf; the exact same "Nutrients Report” that you turned in for Assignment 1, uploaded as a pdf; the exact same "Physical Activity Report(s)" that you turned in for Assignment 1, uploaded as a pdf. For this first question, you will need a copy of your "Food Groups & Calories Report" from your three-day food recall that you entered into SuperTracker. This is the exact same report you turned in for Assignment 1. Question #1: Using the Food Groups & Calories report, fill out this table | Food group | How many servings you actually ate: | How many servings you were supposed to eat: | How do you compare? | Grains | 9 ½ ounces | 10 ounces | above X within below | Fruits | 1 cup | 2 ½ cups | above within X below | Vegetables | 1 ½ cup | 4 cups | above within X below | Dairy | 3 ¾ cups | 3 cups | above X within below | Protein Foods | 22 ½ ounces | 7 ounces | X above within below | Question #2: How does inadequate fruit & vegetable consumption impact both our short-term & long-term health? (Check out Chapter 2 in your 2ed & 3ed textbook for more information). Answer in complete sentences. There are both...
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...optimal health. The recording food intake for three days provides many areas of nutrition that I am more aware of that before; this includes protein, carbohydrate, lipid, and fiber intake needs. Meeting the nutritional needs of the human body helps to ensure a healthy lifestyle that is free of disease and illness. Intake of Protein, Carbohydrates, and Lipids The 3-days-diet from the iProfile data shows the majority of protein intake from meats, such as chicken and tuna. The data shows that protein is a nutrient in nearly every food source but is lower than four grams if it is not a meat product. Carbohydrates are in almost every food item in the 3-day-diet records; however, the majority of carbohydrates come from consuming grains, fruits, vegetables, and sugars, such as an orange, grapes, bagel, red potatoes, granola, and milk. Aside from the small portion in granola, the majority of lipids come from meat and dairy products, such as sour cream, butter, blue cheese dressing, cream cheese, chicken, and tuna. The daily recommended intake (DRI) is the level of percentages of nutrients that science currently states what an individual needs to maintain optimal health. Wardlaw and Smith (2011) explain that the current DRI of kilocalories from nutrients is 55 to 75 percent from carbohydrates, 15 to 30 percent from lipids, 10 to 15 percent from proteins, and 25 milligrams of dietary fiber. The nutrient intake percentages from daily recordings of the 3-day-diet shows 37 percent of kilocalories...
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... | |ASSIGNMENT TURNED IN ON TIME | | |No points for late submission. | | |All REQUIRED FORMS MUST BE TURNED IN the Dropbox in D2L one iProfile| | |pdf file (from iProfile report wizard that includes: Macronutrient | | |Distribution, Food Journal Summary, Intake compared to DRI, Intake | | |Spreadsheet, MyPlate, and Activity Journal Summary), AND this Diet | | |Study Project document-MSWord doc, docx or rtf). Deductions will be| | |made if more/less than what is required is submitted or in different| | |format - 10 points |...
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